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INSECT REMOVER AND DESTROYER.

Patented May 26, 1896.

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INSECT REMOVER AND DESTROYER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,932, dated May 26,1896. Application filed August 28, 1895. Serial No. 560,800. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WASHINGTON REEDER, of Lake City, in the county ofMissaukee and State of Michigan, have invented a new and ImprovedMachine for the Removal of Potato- Bugs and Like Insects from Vines, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a machine especially adapted for the removal ofpotato-bugs from vines.

The object of the invention is to so construct the machine that it maybe drawn between rows, two rows being operated upon simultaneously andin a manner to brush the bugs from the vines into the space between therows,where the bugs will be crushed by the passage of the body of themachine over them, the body of the machine being provided with a keeland a share at each side of the keel, the keel being at the front of thebody, and the back being substantially flat.

A further object of the invention is to provide oars to which brooms areattached, the oars being readily operated by a person riding upon thebody of the machine, thus enabling the brooms or brushes to be directedupon the vines in the most efficacious manner.

The invention consists in the'novel construction and combination .of the7 several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims. 7

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved machine. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation, and Fig. 3 is a front elevation, of the machine.

In carrying out the invention the body A of the machine is shapedsubstantially as the hull of a boat, being given a pointed front 10 and.a preferably square rear portion 11, and the said body is provided witha keel 12, which extends from the central portion of the front,increasing in depth at a point somewhat atthe rear of the front anddiminishing from said point until the said keel vanishes at the rear ofthe body, and the body at each side of the keel is given a sheer orconcavity 13, which extends from the side edges of the bottom of thekeel, as is best shown in Fig. 3.

At the front central portion of the body of the machine a clevis 14 ofanyapproved construction is placed, to which the team may be attached. Amast or upright 15 is provided centrally upon the top of the body nearthe front, and the said mast has a cross-bar 16 attached thereto betweenits ends, the crossbar extending beyond opposite sides of the mast, andupon the upper face of the said cross-bar at each end a pin 17 issecured, and arms 18, corresponding substantially in shape to that of anoar, are fulorumed upon the said pins, the inner or handle end of theoar-like arms being carried rearward over the body to within convenientreach of a seat 19.

At the outer end of each of the oar-like arms a brush or broom 20 isformed, and this brush or broom is usually made to extend beyond bothsides of the oar-like arms and also preferably beyondtheir ends. At eachside of the body at the rear of the mast curved standards 21 are firmlysecured, their upper ends being shaped somewhat as a hook, and thehandle portions of the oar-like arms may be made to rest in the upperconcaved portions of these standards when the brooms or brushes are notin use-as, for example, when the machine is being turned around or isbeing carried from one field to another-and at the rear of the body aloop 22 is placed to facilitate raising the rear end of the body when itis desired to turn the machine.

The machine can be readily turned in the spacebetween rows ofpotato-vines, and the keel formed on the bottom of the machineeffectually prevents the machine from wabbling as it is drawn along.

The reins of the team, when the horses are quiet, may be attached to themast; but if the horses are restive they must be guided by the feet ofthe operator, as the arms 18 are operated by the hands in like manner asa pair of oars, and in the operation of the oar-like arms the broomscarried thereby sweep the bugs from the vines in the path of and inadvance of the machine, which in passing over the bugs will crush anddestroy them. A chain 23 is attached to the rear of the body A and issecured at each end, so that it will be arranged as a loop and will dragalong behind the machine, thus adding to its capacity for exterminatingthe bugs, &c.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. In a machine for exterlninating bugs, a bodyadapted to be drawn along the ground, oar-like arms pivotally supportedon the said body, brushes secured to the outer ends of the said arms,and keepers adapted for 011- ga-gement with the handle ends of theoar-like arms when said arms are not being manipulated, as and for thepurpose specified.

2. A machine for oxterminating bugs, the same consisting of a bodypointed at the front and provided with a keel extending from the front,being deepest at that point and diminishing at the rear, a mast securedupon the body near its forward end, a cross-bar attaehed to the mast,oar-like arms pivoted on the said cross-bar, brushes carried by theouter ends of the said arms, and keepers adapted for engagement with thehandle ends of the arms, as and for the purpose specified. A device fordestroying bugs, comprising a body adapted to be drawn along between thehills, arms pivoted at their central portions to the said body with their ends arranged to project beyond the sides of the same in position. toengage the vines and having their inner ends adjacent to each other andin. po sition to be operated by the hands of the attendant, and brusheson the projecting ends of said arms, substantially as set forth.

WASIIINGTON REEDER. \Vitnesses:

JAMEs E. \VRIGHT, ANNA N. COTTER.

